PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Enrique Christensen (ranked 5326 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Ruth (ranked 4587 p4p, 0 weight class). Jake Ruth will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Christensen
vs
Ruth

182 cm
24
215 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

198 cm
25
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Enrique Christensen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jake Ruth!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, William Peck and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christensen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Ruth manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Christensen on his heels. He'll look to pass Christensen's guard now, I'm sure.

Christensen pushes Ruth off and gets back to his feet.

Ruth moves into range and clinches up with Christensen.
Christensen prevents Ruth from breaking the clinch.

Ruth works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Ruth must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ruth wants to get up but he can't break Christensen's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Ruth throws a strike but Christensen rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Christensen thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Christensen controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christensen is in close to Ruth's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Ruth wants to sweep here but Christensen controlling him for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Christensen drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Christensen jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Ruth working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Christensen.
Christensen lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Ruth is trying to control the position but Christensen postures up.
Christensen scoring with some ground and pound.
Christensen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ruth is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Christensen landing with the ground and pound.
Christensen chips away with some ground and pound.
Christensen postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ruth wants to improve his position but instead Christensen has moved into half guard.
Christensen working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Christensen is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Ruth is just riding it out for now. Christensen eventually gives up the hold.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ruth avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Christensen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Christensen is working for a submission of some sort.
Ruth trying to hold on to Christensen's head to control him but Christensen postures up.
Nice strikes from Christensen there.
Christensen lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Christensen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ruth's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Christensen working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Christensen wants to take a breather but Ruth is having none of it.
Christensen scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Christensen could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Christensen wants to stand but Ruth has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Ruth is looking to control Christensen's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ruth avoid being mounted?
Christensen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ruth's head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ruth wants to get back to full guard.
Christensen lands with a punch from half guard.
Christensen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Enrique Christensen dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ruth wants to clinch.
Christensen will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ruth tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Ruth.
Christensen is trying to improve his position.
Christensen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ruth can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruth wants to control but Christensen is keeping him busy.
Enrique Christensen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Christensen misses with a strike from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruth working away.
Christensen sneaks back into half guard.

Ruth is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Ruth is breathing heavily.
Ruth seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Christensen does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Christensen trying to control here.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Christensen controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Ruth fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Christensen sprawls well initially but Ruth persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Ruth wants to pass the guard but Christensen is defending well.
Christensen wants to improve his position but Ruth is controlling well.

Ruth seems to be working for a kimura but Christensen defends the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruth with the ground and pound but Christensen uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Ruth looking to sit in guard and control but Christensen gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Christensen is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ruth looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Christensen wants to control from the top but Ruth keeps moving.
Christensen postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Christensen accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Christensen throws a big right hand that misses.
Christensen working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Ruth's head.
Christensen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Christensen thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Christensen is looking to work some ground and pound but Ruth has wrist control.
Christensen postures up in Ruth's guard and throws a big left but Ruth blocks it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Christensen landing with the ground and pound.
Christensen lands a couple of digs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Enrique Christensen dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Christensen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ruth.
Christensen appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Ruth throws a wild body kick that Christensen sees coming a mile off.
Christensen closes the distance and clinches up with Ruth, looking for a takedown. Christensen pushes Ruth against the cage but Ruth circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Ruth tries to counter by closing the distance.
Christensen fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Ruth drives through with a takedown into guard.

Christensen has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Ruth is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Christensen jumps guard but Ruth stands there with Christensen around his waist. Christensen gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Enrique Christensen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ruth is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ruth struggles to land a body shot inside as Christensen controls his hands.
Ruth takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ruth wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruth wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Christensen has him pressed against the cage.

Christensen has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Ruth uses from the top position.

Christensen had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Ruth defends it easily.
Ruth wants to get up but he can't break Christensen's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Ruth wants to control from the top but Christensen keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ruth postures up in Christensen's guard and throws a big left but Christensen blocks it.
Christensen can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Ruth controls the pace.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Ruth wants to control from the top but Christensen keeps moving.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Christensen avoids the head kick by Ruth.
Christensen fails with the takedown.

Ruth gets a double leg takedown into Christensen's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruth stays in close to Christensen's body and controls the position.
Ruth in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Christensen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ruth wants to control from the top but Christensen keeps moving.
Christensen punching from the bottom.
Ruth wants to control from the top but Christensen keeps moving.
Christensen wants to get back to his feet but Ruth is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Ruth shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Christensen manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Christensen looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Ruth throws an elbow that misses. Christensen uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ruth's guard. Nice move by Christensen!

The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Christensen trying to control but Ruth is working from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jake Ruth.
I think Christensen has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Enrique Christensen!